The unmanned craft is created to launch atop a rocket and shuttle cargo and supplies to the International Space Station, and then return to land on a runway with experiments and samples from the space station.

The unmanned aircraft made a soft landing at Edwards Base last Saturday during the free flight test at the Armstrong Flight Research Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The company promised to release more test flight details, images and video on Monday (Nov. 13).

The test had been long-planned but not publicly announced, according to Space Flight Now. He says that the company will carry out the shipment of cargo to the ISS, for the first time this will be done in 2020.

The spaceplane was carried to an altitude of 10,000 feet by a Boeing Vertol 234-UT heavy-lift helicopter, the civilian version of the Army's CH-47 Chinook, and then dropped to glide to the ground and land on a runway at Edwards Air Force Base. The company also has a contract with the United Nations to launch payloads into orbit on the Dream Chaser. The flight was a final funded milestone in the Space Act Agreement that Sierra Nevada Corporation has with NASA as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability effort. The vehicle flew a similar glide flight in October 2013, which the company and NASA considered successful despite a landing gear failure that caused the vehicle to skid off the runway after landing.

The Dream Chaser was redesigned for cargo missions and in 2016, NASA announced that Sierra Nevada (along with SpaceX and a new company named Orbital ATK) would all be used for cargo missions to the space station in the upcoming future. The spacecraft will launch on Atlas V rockets built by the United Launch Alliance and make runway landings.

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Ball, Riley and Hill were taken to the police station in Hangzhou, where they were kept for a number of hours, according to ESPN . Ball, 18, is the younger brother of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball and the son of Big Baller Brand entrepreneur LaVar Ball.

Worldwide student enrollment experienced an increase of more than 550 students; Ohio State enrolled 7,117 global students in 2015. Students from China and India made up almost half of all worldwide students a year ago , reaching a combined 530,000.

Bennett ultimately ended up back with New England after originally signing with the heralded franchise ahead of last season. Belichick's call changed Bennett's mind. "I mean, I know you guys are thankful to have him back just for his quotes".

Ventura and Bieber dated briefly back in 2015, after he had split with Gomez and had a (possible) brief fling with Kylie Jenner . After Selena Gomez traded in The Weeknd for Bieber, it appears The Weeknd is now dating Bieber's rumoured ex Yovanna Ventura .

The AAP had alleged that the subtle burning in Punjab and Haryana, was the main cause of the rising pollution in Delhi . Even before it took off, the Delhi government chose to roll back on its odd-even scheme .

Speaking to reporters, James praised Smith Jr.'s athletic ability and said that, "The Knicks passed on a really good one". James wasn't bad himself Saturday night, finishing with 19 points and 11 rebounds in the Cavs' victory.

Checking now, error code #65568 shows up for me and the usual:The Call of Duty: WWII service is unavailable at this time. However, the good news is that developers are going to go back dedicated servers soon.

They have demanded immediate arrest of the accused, but two days after the murder , no FIR in the case has been registered so far. The police suspect that the crowd had attacked Umar Khan and two others under the impression that they were smuggling cows.

This company has today made the announcement regarding the $19.1 billion generated from the shopping event sales. Citigroup Inc has predicted transactions will rise by more than 30 percent to 158 billion yuan this year.

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